We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
62 of its 129 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Babahoyo accounted for 49 of Ecuador's 62 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Illness was named in 57 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
15 of its 19 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Ituri accounted for 11 of the DR Congo's 15 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
103 of its 164 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Bogota accounted for 60 of Colombia's 103 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories).
19 of its 28 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
143 of its 198 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
28 of its 65 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 6 of Havana's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
512 of its 1,150 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (228 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,986 of its 7,756 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (152 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
218 of its 675 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (42 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 76 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
36 of its 48 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. 7 of Mogadishu's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Pakistan (93 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (76 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in India (304 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in Bangladesh (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Nepal (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 Jun. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 21,930 stories about harm among 120,690 counted on 13 Jun.
Ecuador's news was 48% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. of the day's 120,690 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 13 June 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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